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The new research centre for the School of Arts and Humanities, OpenARC, launched on 10 June with a lively on-campus and online event. 

Two Psychology academics from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) feature in the BBC’s Morning Live programme.

History Lecturer Dr Frances Houghton consults for OU/BBC co-production 80^th Anniversary series D-Day: The Unheard Tapes.

Religious Studies Senior Lecturer David Robertson provides expertise for Rochdale Satanist scandal documentary.

Dr Arabella Fraser, Senior Lecturer in Development, was among UK experts nominated by BEIS to contribute to the IPCC’s scoping exercises on the structure of a new special report on climate change and cities.

Dr Precious Chatterje-Doody has been inducted as a member of the prestigious UK Young Academy.

Competition opens for academics and cartoonists to make research about social challenges accessible to a wider audience.

The fourth series of OU/BBC co-production Forensics: The Real CSI returns with Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology Dr Jim Turner as academic consultant

OU/BBC co-production ‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’ won Best Documentary at the Broadcast Awards 2024.

The Open College of the Arts (OCA), our partner institute dedicated to the Creative Arts, is delighted to welcome Sir William Atkinson to its board of Trustees. Sir William, who was knighted in 2008 for Services to Education and Community, served as a headmaster for more than 24 years and is an Honorary Doctor of The Open University. In recent years Sir William has also been a member of several UK government groups, focusing on education and youth crime reduction.